Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Conversations in Conflict Studies Presents Katie Mott

  October 09, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 400A

  Katie Mott will present “Raging Against the Broken Machine: Collective Organizing and the Future of Retail Work.”

• ‘Be Seriously Scared!’ A Shot Across the Bow Toward Nuclear Disarmament

  October 08, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Maxwell Auditorium

  Join us for an interactive experience all aimed at exploring the horror and danger of nuclear weapons and nuclear war.

• What’s at Stake for Older Adult Food Insecurity? Addressing the Limitations of Current Policies

  October 08, 2025, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Join Colleen Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer to discuss their new book and learn what changes are necessary to address older adult food insecurity.

• Bangla Culture and Conversation Table

  October 08, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Bangla conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Chinese Culture and Conversation Table

  October 07, 2025, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT

  221 D - Shaffer Art Building

  The Chinese Culture and Conversation Table is a forum where you get to meet and converse with friends old and new. All language levels are welcome.

• Workshop | From Manuscript to Book: Publishing with a University Press

  October 07, 2025, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This faculty workshop focuses on assembling a book proposal, finding publishers, converting a dissertation to a book, additional projects, the production process, marketing and publicity, and more.

• IGRI Working Group Report: The Grammar of Rules-In-Use

  October 07, 2025, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  The IGRI Working Group “The Grammar of Rules-In-Use” will present at the Institutional Grammar Research Initiative's IGRI Research Seminar Series.

• A Forensic Analysis of US Ad-Valorem and Legislated Tariff Rates, 1916-1933

  October 06, 2025, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This paper uses Crucini’s (1994) method to decompose tariffs, revealing a tariff history unlike the common narrative.

• “one of those figures then died”: South Asian Art, c. 1993

  October 06, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Join Meghaa Parvathy Ballakrishnen for a talk on Vivan Sundaram’s Memorial and postcolonial art after 1993.

• Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  October 03, 2025, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 303

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Persian conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Authoritarian Currents in American Democracy: Historical Lessons and Present Risks

  October 03, 2025, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Maxwell Auditorium

  The Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship & Public Responsibility will host a discussion on this important topic with Jamelle Bouie (NY Times) and Robert Mickey (U of Michigan).

• Spanish Culture and Conversation Table

  October 03, 2025, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Spanish conversation skills!

• French Culture and Conversation Table

  October 03, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 111

  Do you want to learn more about French culture and language? Come to the French Table! All levels welcome.

• Pontarelli Speaker Series Featuring Pete Buttigieg

  October 03, 2025, 1 p.m.-2:15 p.m. EDT

  National Veterans Resource Center, K.G. Tan Auditorium

  The Maxwell School and the Whitman School of Management will host former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for a discussion on issues of sustainability and leadership.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  October 03, 2025, 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Hindi-Urdu conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• The New South Korean Government: Impact on the Region and on the US-Korea Alliance

  October 03, 2025, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 151

  Join us for a talk, as Stephen Costello (Univ. of Rochester) argues that the geopolitical landscape for South Korea is propitious, despite ongoing turmoil in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere.

• Arabic Culture and Conversation Table

  October 02, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Arabic conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers!

• Tamil Culture and Conversation Table

  October 01, 2025, 3:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Tamil conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Maxwell School – Demystifying the Graduate Admission Process (Virtual Session)

  October 01, 2025, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This virtual information session gives an overview of the application process and the opportunity to ask questions.

• The Right to Information and Covid-19 Vaccination: Diagnosing India's Political Economy

  September 30, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Professor Aga argues that struggles around information must be contextualized in the historical sociology of state power and corporate capital.